6 Tips To Help You Maximise Your Affiliate Marketing Profits

6 Tips To Help You Maximise Your Affiliate Marketing Profits

With all of the opportunities that are available to online entrepreneurs in affiliate marketing it's no surprise that hundreds (if not thousands) of people start promoting products as an affiliate each and every week, however in most cases even though they are actively promoting products through advertising or a blog etc there are only ever a few that make a decent number of sales (if any at all).If you find yourself in this boat after a few months of trying to make sales as an affiliate marketer follow these 6 simple tips to start making real profits online:1. Advertise products by using simple text links, avoid flashy bannersIf you've ever spent any amount of time online surfing websites you'll notice just how annoying flashy, in your face banner advertising can be and don't get me started on popups! With the advent of modern browsers most popups get blocked these days rendering them practically useless and it's not long before banner blindness will set in with your visitors if you bombard them with banners.A far more effective technique is to use simple text links with a couple of lines of information explaining what it is you are promoting, even better still in many cases is the use of text links inside your blog posts (contextual links) which use keywords to attract the visitors attention and then convince them to click in order to get more information.2. Set up and maintain your own websiteIt goes without saying that one of the most effective methods of attracting visitors and in return sales is to have your own website to use to promote products of interest. Don't, whatever anybody tells you, use a free hosting site that becomes a subdomain of someone else's (e.g. yoursite.someothersite.com) as anyone looking at a site like this is going to be turned off by the idea that you can't afford to use your own domain name, after all if you're supposed to be an expert and successful in this business you can surely afford your own domain name and hosting.It doesn't have to cost a fortune to set up your own site, it just needs to be functional and attractive to visitors and even if you don't have a creative or technical bone in your body there are so many places to get these types of services that you have really have no excuse not to have your own site anymore. Just check out places like elance.com or rentacoder.com to find people who are more than willing to provide a quality service for a fantastic price, you're sure to find someone you can work with there at a price you can afford.3. Drive traffic to your websites by writing articlesNo doubt you have heard this advice before, and the truth is this is one of the quickest ways to become recognised as an expert in your topic of choice, it's not exactly rocket science and it needn't take up too much of your time either and the benefits far outweigh your investment. You can write and submit articles to many different directories all over the web and the best part is that for every article you write you are able to provide a 'resource box' that tells the reader a little bit about yourself and can also include a link back to your website.The more articles you write, the more people are likely to see your name and resource box providing you with many more opportunities to capture their click and then tell them more about the products you are promoting giving you more chances to make some real money. If you can't write the articles for yourself then you can definitely find people online willing to research and write these articles for you, most of them have a very quick turn around and are generally only going to charge pennies per word, making this a really cost effective way to get content to distribute.4. Create and publish your own high quality blogSetting up a blog and linking it to your website is another great way in which you can drum up interest in your products of choice. By adding content on a regular basis you will find yourself well ranked within the search engines meaning more people will be able to find your blog and in turn post comments and discussion points about your content.The additional bonus of creating a blog is that it allows you to create plenty of keyword rich links from it to your promotional website(s) building its presence in the eye of the search engines too. The more links your main promotional website has into it from other sites around the web, the more interesting it becomes to search engines such as Google & Bing etc. If you can get some of your blog content posted on other sites then this is even more valuable for raising the profile of your website, the more links you can get from independent sources the better.5. Promote products through reviewsOne of the best ways to make a connection to anyone interested in buying a product that you are promoting is to get yourself a copy and write a decent review about your experiences using it. Be honest, tell people what you did and didn't like about the product in question and don't be afraid to identify any flaws that you think the product has (of course you will also be able to help fix these flaws by promoting separate products if needs be).Being able to demonstrate knowledge of the products you are promoting proves to potential customers that you actually know what you are talking about, instead of being one of the thousands of people using cut and paste information to describe a product they have never even seen, let alone used successfully. Building this type of trust with your visitors is an absolute goldmine when it comes to turning each and every one into a potential buyer, so ignore this tip at your peril.6. Find and join forums that are related to the products you are promotingForums are a great way for people to share their experiences of using products, the challenges they are trying to find solutions for and a place to build virtual friendships with people who have common interests. If you can find and participate in forums that are related to the products you are promoting you will discover that it's possible to drive large amounts of traffic through links in your signature.Of course you need to ensure that you are being a useful participant in any forums that you join, after all nobody is going to be interested in following any links in your signature if you're simply spamming the forum with useless messages. Make sure you add your own information to forum topics, communicate directly with other users and don't try and ram your product promotions down people's throats, your links will be more useful if they just happen to be there rather than having undue attention drawn to them.So there you go, 6 great affiliate marketing tips designed to help you generate maximum profits from your marketing efforts, make sure you follow them and you are bound to see more and more sales as a result. And remember you can apply these tips to all of your affiliate marketing efforts and in fact the more of these you can combine in a single marketing plan, the more likely you are to succeed.

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